Course Description
Applied Skills is designed for students who have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). They have been identified as a student with a significant deficit in reading, writing, math, oral expression, listening comprehension, and/or information processing skills. Instruction is developed based on individual student needs and is designed to teach students strategies to independently access grade level standards with peers or develop skills toward grade level standards in academic areas. The students receive direct, intensive instruction in their identified skill area(s).
Proficiency Targets
Applied Skills students work on individualized learning goals that are directly aligned with their IEPs. Rather than using standardized class-wide learning targets, instruction is personalized to meet each student’s specific needs across academic, functional, and social domains.
Students engage in tasks that help build independence and confidence. Learning targets are flexible and adaptive, designed to support growth in areas such as communication, problem-solving, social interaction, and self-advocacy.
Progress is monitored through ongoing assessment of each student’s IEP goals, ensuring that instruction is meaningful, relevant, and appropriately scaffolded for individual success.
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